Patient Safety in Medical Imaging: a joint paper of the European Society of Radiology (ESR) and the European Federation of Radiographer Societies (EFRS)

Insights into Imaging

Table 1 Agent type and respective safety issues

	Iodinated Agents	Gadolinium BCA	Microbubbles
Hypersensitivity reactions	YES	YES	YES
Nephrotoxicity	YES	NO at clinical doses	NO
Metformin and lactic acidosis	YES	NO	NO
Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis	NO	YES	NO
Brain deposition and other organs	NO	YES	NO
Thyrotoxicosis	YES	NO	NO